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Index to Points of Interest. 



Page 

Agricultural Department, The Mall, 12th 
and 14th streets, S. \V., y to 4 week days . 27 

Alexandria. Reached by hourly trains on 
the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon 
(electric) Railway, and by ferryboats from 
foot of 7th Street 31 

Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, daily, in- 
cluding Sundays. Reached via Metropoli- 
tan, Capital Traction and \V., A. & Mt. V. 
^- J^y 29 

Army Medical Museum, 7th and B streets, 
S. W., 9 to 4 week days 24 

Arsenal, foot 4^< Street, S. W., 9 to 4 week 
days 27 

Bladensburg, on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 
near Hyattsville 34 

Botanical Garden, Pennsylvania Avenue 
and 1st Street, 9 to 4 week days .... 30 

Bureau of Engraving, 14th and B streets, 
S. W., 9 to 2.30 week days. Visitors not 
conducted 11.45 to 12.30 23 

Cabin John Bridge, 7 miles from George- 
town. Take F Street car and transfer . . 32 

Capitol, Capitol Hill. Open after 4.30 if Con- 
gress is in session, and until one half hour 
after adjournment; also during a night 
session. The flag flies over each house 
while it is in session, and if at night, the 
dome is lighted 5 

Chevy Chase, reached by 7th Street car 
line. 

Churches 39 

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb, 

Kendall Green, at end of 7th Street, East. 
Open to public on Thursdays between 9 
and 3 .... 29 

Coast and Geodetic Survey, New Jersey 
Avenue and B Street, S. W., 9 to 2 . . . 20 

Corcoran Gallery, New \'ork Avenue and 
17th Street. From October i to May i, 
9.30 to 4 ; from May i to October i, 9 to 4 ; 
also Sunday afternoons, 1.30 to 4.30. Tues- 
days, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and 
holidays free, other days 25 cents admission, 21 

Dead-letter Office, Pennsylvania Avenue, 
between nth and 12th streets, 9 to 2 week 
days 32 

Department of Justice, K Street, between 
Vermont Avenue and 15th. Street .... 20 

Executive Mansion. .SV<? White House . . 10 

Fish Commission, oth and B streets, S. 
\\'., 9 to 4 week clays 30 

Fish Ponds, near Washington Monument . 25 

Foreign Embassies and Legations . . . iv 



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Fort Myer. Take Washington, Arlington 
and Falls Church Electric Railway ... 32 

Georgetown (West Washington) .... 29 

Government Printing Office, North Capitol 
and II streets, lo and 2. \'isitors are con- 
ducted at these hours 23 

Halls of the Ancients, New Vork Avenue, 
between 13th and 14111 streets, all day. Ad- 
mission 50 cents 21 

Interior Department, Patent Office, 7th and 
F streets 22 

Library of Congress, Capitol Hill, 9 a. m. 

to ID p. M 14 

Lincoln Museum, No. 516 loth Street, all 
clay 25 

Map of Washington 18, 19 

Marine Barracks, 8th and G streets, S. 
E., all day 27 

Monuments 31 

Mount Vernon, Virginia, 11 to 4 week 
days. By boat from 7th Street Wharf and 
Electric Line from 13', Street and Penn- 
sylvania Avenue, 75 cents, including admis- 
sion to mansion and grounds 23 

National Library. Av Library of Congress, 14 

National Military Cemetery. Sc-c' Soldiers' 
Home 28 

National Museum, Smithsonian grounds, 
between 7th and 12th streets, 9 to 4, holi- 
days included 25 

Naval Museum of Hygiene, 23d and E 

streets, 9 to 2. 

Naval Observatory, north of Washington 
city on extension of Massachusetts .Avenue. 
Admission to look through the big tele- 
scope can be obtained by card on 'I'hursday 
evenings 27 

Navy Department, Pennsylvania Avenue 
and 17th Street, 9 to 2 11 

Navy Yard, foot of Sth Street, S. E., 9 to 
sunset 27 

Patent Office, 7th and F streets, 9 to 2 . . 22 

Pension Bureau, V and 4th streets, 9 to 4 
week days 21 

Post-Office Department, Pennsylvania .Xve- 
nue, i>cl\vcLii I I th anil I2lh streets, 9 to 2 
week ilays 2~ 

Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian 
grounds, between 7tli and 12th streets, 9 to 
4, holiil.iys included 24 



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Soldiers' Home, near yth Street extended, Washington Monument, Washington Park 

9 to sunset, holidays included. Reached by 9.30 to 5.30. Elevator runs 9.30 to 4.30 . 26 

7th Street and 9th Street cars -^ ,., ,. ^ 

Weattier Bureau, corner 24th and M streets, 17 
State Department, Pennsylvania Avenue „,., w. 

and 17th Street g to 2 11 *Vtlite Mouse, Pennsylvania Avenue and 

1 6th Street, 10 to 2. Persons having busi- 
Supreme Court, Capitol Building .... 5 ness with the President will be received 

~, , . at I o'clock daily, except Tuesdays and 

Tlieatres iv r j tu -.i. u • u ^ u 

Pndays. Those with no business, but who 

Treasury, Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th desire to pay their respects, will be re- 

Street, 9 to 2. Treasury tours to vaults ceived by the President at 3 o'clock P. M. 

and places of interest between 10.30 and 12, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

and I and 2 20 The East Room is open to visitors daily 

from 10 to 2 10 

War Department, Pennsylvania Avenue . 

and 1 7th Street 9 to 2 11 Zod/O^fca/ Par*, Rock Creek, all day, includ- 
ing Sundays and holidays. By Capital 
Washington Barraclcs. See Arsenal . . 27 Traction and Metropolitan street cars . . 31 

Admission to all points of interest free unless otherwise noted. 



Foreign Embassies and Legations. 

Argentine Republic 1521 K Street. 

Austria^ Hungary 212 1 R Street. 

Belgium 1336 I Street. 

Brazil 18 N Street. 

Chili i3'9K Street. 

China i8th and Q streets. 

Colombia 921 Farragut Place. 

Costa Rica . . . 1 509 20th Street. 

Denmark 140920th Street. 

Ecuador 1537 I Street. 

France 1710H Street. 

Germany 1435 Massachusetts Avenue. 

Great Britain 1300 Connecticut Avenue. 

Guatemala ^ . . . 1525 i8th Street. 

Hawaii 1105 i6th Street. 

Honduras 1528 1 8th Street. 

Italy . . . . . . ■ . . . ■ ■ 1 1 22 Vermont Avenue. 

Japan 1310N Street. 

Korea ............ Iowa Circle. 

Mexico . 1413I Street. 

Netherlands 1315 15th Street. 

Papal Legation ......... I Street, near New Jersey Avenue. 

Portugal Willard's Hotel. 

Russia 1629 I Street. 

Spain ............ 170620th Street. 

Sweden and Norway 201 1 Q Street. 

Switzerland 1518 K Street. 

Turkey 1802 R Street. 

Venezuela . . . . , 2 Iowa Circle. 



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Theatres. 



Academy of Music, corner 9th and D streets. 

Butler's " New Bijou," 9th Street, corner Louisiana Avenue. 

Chase's " New Grand," Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Columbia, F Street. 

Kernan's Lyceum, 1014 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Lafayette Square Opera House, east side of Lafayette Square. 

New National, 1325 E Street. 



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Ticket Agent. 

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WASHINGTON. 




;ASHINGT0N is in many 
respects the most interest- 
ing city in America. It is 
the favorite pUice of pil- 
grimage for thousands of 
intelligent tourists, who are attracted 
from all parts of the world by the beauty 
of its streets and parks, the architectural 
proportions of its massive and many pub- 
lic buildings, the numerous statues and 
hundreds of other objects that interest 
the traveller. 

The subject of having a territory under 
the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress was 
one of the first to receive the attention of 
the legislators of the new Republic, and 
the establishment of a permanent seat of 
government, two years after the form of 
government was adopted by the nation, 
was one of the most important acts of 
Congress in the early stages of the coun- 
try's existence. 



The Continental Congress opened its 
first session in Philadelphia, September 
5, 1774) ^"-^t on account of the advance 
made by the British army and other 
causes later on, it was compelled to keep 
up a peripatetic existence, moving from 
Philadelphia to Baltimore, thence back to 
Philadelphia, to Princeton, N. j., Annap- 
olis, Md., Trenton, N. J., and New \'ork, 
where it continued its place of meeting 
until the adoption of the Constitution of 
the United States in 17SS. 

The struggle for the location of the 
national capital began in the Continental 
Congress, and was only abandoned there 
to give place to graver matters which 
required the attention of that body, and 
to avoid the local irritation raised by the 
subject, then thought to be a serious ques- 
tion to the life of the new Republic. 

In the first Federal Congress the matter 
was again made the subject of serious 



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debate. New York was determined to 
hold on to what was then in her posses- 
sion. Pennsylvania was extremely desir- 
ous of having the seat of power within 
her territory ; New Jersey, Maryland and 
Virginia were eager for the much desired 
prize. 

No less than twenty-four different sites 
were proposed, and a number of cities 
offered inducements by agreeing to trans- 
fer their public buildings, while the citi- 
zens of Baltimore subscribed thirty thou- 
sand pounds for the erection of necessary 
buildings there. 

Finally a bill passed the House Septem- 
ber 2 2, 17S9, selecting Pennsylvania as 
the place for the location of a permanent 
capital. 

This provoked bitter opposition on the 
part of the southern members led by Mr. 
Madison, who was supposed to express 
the views of President Washington. 

The bill, however, suffered defeat on 
coming into the Senate, by having its 
consideration postponed. 

At the next session of Congress the 
fight became hotter than ever, and many 
thought the existence of the Union de- 
pended upon the subject. 

Finally, on the Sth of June, 1790, this 
vexed question was unexpectedly and 
amicably settled, and Congress recom- 
mended the selection of a site on the east- 
ern or northeastern bank of the Potomac. 

How this settlement came about will 
be seen from the following : 

The government was engaged in the 
effort to fund its debts ; and among the 
troublesome propositions introduced was 
one providing that the general govern- 
ment should assume the debts incurred 
by the several States in carrying on the 
Revolutionary War, amounting to $20,- 
000,000. This measure was urged by the 
North, which had furnished the greater 
portion of the men and means, on the 
ground that the expenditure had been for 
the benefit of the country as a whole ; 



while it was unpopular at the South be- 
cause it would increase their proportion. 
Hamilton found that to carry the meas- 
ure would require some southern votes ; 
and in connection with Jefferson, who was 
greatly interested in having the capital 
located in Virginia, or as near as possible, 
it was arranged that the latter should in- 
duce the Virginia delegation to vote for 
the assumption, while Hamilton was to 
induce the New York delegation to give 
up their preference for the location of the 
capital at the North. 

The result was that the bill locating the 
capital on the Potomac passed on the i6th 
of July, and that for the assumption of 
the debts on the 4th of August, 1790. 



Plan of In 1777 there came to this 
the City* country, to serve in the war 
for independence, a French- 
man by the name of Pierre C. L'Enfant. 
He was an engineer by profession, and 
served under Count D'Estaing, being se- 
verely wounded in the assault on Savan- 
nah. He was afterward employed by 
Congress, and was made a major of en- 
gineers in 1 7S3. 

L'Enfant became acquainted with Pres- 
ident Washington, and was selected by 
him to make a plan of the new federal 
city, which was afterward, approved, and 
he was employed to superintend its execu- 
tion, assisted by Andrew Ellicott, a bright 
Pennsylvanian who, with his brother, had 
established Ellicott's Mills, a prosperous 
town on the main stem of the Baltimore 
& Ohio Railroad, fifteen miles from 
Baltimore. 

L'Enf ant's plan met the full approval of 
Washington and also of Jefferson, then 
Secretary of State, of whom it was said 
that "he almost monopolized the artistic 
taste and knowledge of the first adminis- 
tration." 

Washington desired that " the Capitol" 



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should be located in the centre of the 
city, and the public buildings more than 
a mile distant, in the western section. 

\Miat first attracts the attention of 
strangers is the unusual width of the 
streets and avenues, the former averaging 
from ninety to one hundred and thirty 
feet and the latter one hundred and sixty 
feet, while the sidewalks are from ten to 
twenty feet wide. 

A better idea of this may be obtained 
by comparing the amount of ground occu- 
pied by streets in other cities. For in- 
stance, the street area in Boston is 26 per 
cent, Philadelphia 29, New York 35, Ber- 
lin 26, Vienna 35, Paris 25, while the area 
covered by streets in Washington is 54 
per cent. 

The city is divided into rectangular 
squares by streets running east and west 
and north and south. In addi- f^- 

tion to these a series of a ^" -' " ^ 
broad avenues are ar- 
ranged to intersect each 
other at the Capitol 
like spokes at the 
hub of a wheel, while 
others meet at the 
White House. 

Strangers find it 
very confusing, as 
these avenues cross 
the streets diagonal- 
ly, and for squares 
the street is lost. A 
duplication of the 
names of the streets 




is another difiFiculty. It is well to under- 
stand the method of numbering. Com- 
mencing at the Capitol the streets running 
north and south are designated by numbers 
and those running east and west by letters. 
Therefore there are A, B and C, etc., 
north, and A, 15 and C, etc., south; ist, 
2d, 3d, etc., east, and ist, 2d, 3d, etc., 
west. To simplify matters, however, a 
system of beginning each square with an 
additional 100 has been adopted, so that 
one is enabled to tell iiow many squares 
one is from the Capitol. 

The present street railway electric line 
with an extensive system of transfers, 
makes it possible for visitors to reach 
nearly all points of interest cheaply. The 
fare is hve cents, or six tickets for twenty- 
five cents. The Pennsylvania Avenue 
cars may be taken at the Baltimore & 
Ohio station direct to the Post 
GZ -A Ofiice, Treasury, Botanical 

Gardens, Executive Man- 
sion, State, War and 
Navy Department, 
Corcoran Art Gal- 
lery, Lafayette 
Square, Washington 
Circle and George- 
town ; and the F 
Street line direct to 
Pension Bureau and 
Patent Office. Other 
points in the city 
may be reached by 
one transfer from 
these lines. 



STATUE OF LIHEKTY 




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The The Capitol of the United 

Capitol. States, on the summit of Capi- 
tol Hill, is at the head of Penn- 
sylvania Avenue, one block from the Bal- 
timore ^: Ohio Railroad station. It is 
open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 i'. m., and 
visitors can best view the building with 
the assistance of proper guides who are 
always at hand, at a reasonable fee. At 
the main entrance is the celebrated bronze 



" Columbus before the Council of Sala- 
manca," then "Columbus' Departure 
from the Convent of La Rabida"; "The 
Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and 
Isabella"; "Starting of Columbus from 
Palos on his First Voyage"; " First Land- 
ing of the Spaniards at San Salvador"; 
" First Fncounter of the Discoverers with 
the Natives " ; " Triumphal Entry of 
Columbus into Barcelona " ; " Columbus 




THE SENALK CHAMIU-.K. 



door, modelled by Rogers in 1S5S in Rome, 
and cast in Munich by F. von Miiller in 
1S60 at a cost of $30,000. The designs 
picture events in the life of Columbus and 
the discovery of America. It stands nine- 
teen feet high, is nine feet wide, and is 
folding or double. It is made of solid 
bronze and weighs 20,000 pounds. There 
are nine panels depicting events in regular 
order, starting with the examination of 



in Chains"; and the next the death scene, 
representing the deathbed of Columbus. 
The Capitol consists of main building and 
two wings connected by corridors. In the 
north wing is the Senate Chamber and in 
the south wing the Hall of Representatives. 
The Rotunda, which occupies the centre 
of the Capitol, is a magnificent circular 
hall. Fight oil paintings, eighteen by 
twelve feet each, are set in panels around 



GUIDE TO WASHINGTON. 



the walls of the rotunda ; they are : 
" Landing of Columbus at San Salvador," 
by John Vanderlyn ; " De Soto's Dis- 
covery of the Mississippi," by William H. 
Powell; "The Baptism of Pocahontas," 
by John G. Chapman ; " The Embarka- 
tion of the Pilgrims from Delft-Haven," 
by Robert Walter Weir ; and four paint- 
ings by Colonel John Trumbull, an aid-de- 
camp to General Washington during the 



23' 1 753-" These pictures have historical 
accuracy and correct portraiture of char- 
acters, as well as exquisite coloring, fin- 
ished details and strong effect. Over 
each of the four entrances to the rotunda 
are alto-relievos in stone, representing 
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians 
in 16S6," by N. Gevelot ; "The Preserva- 
tion of Captain Smith by Pocahontas in 
1606," by Capellano; "The Conflict be- 




IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



Revolutionary War, who afterward studied 
in Europe and devoted thirty years to 
collecting material and executing these 
pictures. The subjects are : " Signing 
the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 
1776 " ; "Surrender of General P.urgoyne, 
Saratoga, October 17, 1777 "; "Surrender 
of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 
19, 17S1"; and "Resignation of Gen- 
eral Washington at Annapolis, December 



tween Daniel Boone and the Indians, 
1775," by Causici, and "The Landing of 
the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock in 1620," 
also by Causici. The belt of the rotunda, 
a sunken space about nine feet high, is 
covered with a fresco in chiar-oscuro in 
imitation of alto-relievo, begun by Brumidi, 
and after his death continued by Castigini. 
Above this fresco are the thirty-six long 
windows of the peristyle, and then the 



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huge iron ribs of the dome gradually curv- The Dome of the Capitol was designed 

ing to a space fifty feet in diameter, form- by \\'alter and replaced the smaller one 

ing what is called the "eye of the dome." removed in 1S56. Total height from base 

Around this open "eye " is painted Con- line to the crest of the statue of Freedom, 

stantine Brumidi's magnificent allegory of three hundred and seven and one half feet. 

"The Apotheosis of \^^ashington." The The apex is surmounted by a lantern fif- 




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MAKni.K KUOM AT THE CAPITOL 



principal story of the building contains teen feet in diameter and fifty feet high, 

the Rotunda, Supreme Court, Statuary surrounded by a peristyle, and crowned 

Hall, Senate Chamber and Hall of Rep- by the bronze statue of Freedom. In the 

resentatives. Reception Rooms, Marble lantern is a rellecting lamp lighted by 

Room, President's and Vice-President's electricity ; it is used only when either or 

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night, and is visible from all parts of the 
city. The statue of Freedom was de- 
signed by Crawford and cast by Mills ; 
cost $25,000. The dome is reached by a 
staircase of two hundred and ninety steps, 
and the view of the city and surrounding 



occupant's name — Republicans sitting at 
the left and Democrats at the right of the 
presiding officer. The Press Gallery is 
behind the President, and facing him are 
the galleries reserved for the Diplomatic 
Corps and the Senators' families. The 




PEACE MONUMENT. 



country is worth the effort to ascend such 
a height. 

The Senate Chamber, occupying the 
north wing, is presided over by the Vice- 
President of the United States. Each 
Senator's desk bears a silver plate with the 



end galleries are open to the public, one 
of which is set apart for women and pro- 
vided with convenient parlor and retiring 
room. 

The Hall of Representatives is gener- 
ally the more interesting of the two legis- 



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lative chambers. The Speaker's desk is session of the Fifty-sixth Congress there 

of white marble, occupying an elevated were eighty-four tilled seats and six va- 

position in the centre of the south side, cancies representing the forty-five states, 

and the desks of the representatives are The House of Representatives, during the 

arranged in semicircles with radiating same session, had three hundred and 

aisles. As in the Senate, a silver plate on sixty members, three of whom repre- 




CENTENNIAL FOUNTAIN. 



each desk bears the name of its occupant sented the territories. The number of 

— Republicans on the left and Democrats Representatives is based upon tlie popu- 

on the right. The gallery arrangement lation of the states and territories, in- 

is same as in Senate. eluding Hawaii and Alaska. 

The Senate is composed of two mem- 
bers from each state. During the last ^ 



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EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



Executive The "Executive Man- 

Mansion^ Of sion," or "White House," 
White House, is located on the govern- 
ment reservation called 
" President's Grounds," with a front- 
age on Pennsylvania Avenue. It is in 
the centre of a twenty-acre plat, which 
is tastefully laid out with flower beds, 
trees, shrubbery and well-kept lawns. 
At the rear of the house is a park 
sloping gradually to the river bank. 
The building was designed by an Irish- 
man, James Hoban, and is said to be in 
general style similar to the residence of 
the Duke of Leinster, Dublin. In 1S14 
the Pritish destroyed the White House, 
but in 181:5 Congress authorized its res- 
toration, the work being done under the 
original architect. 

The State Parlors are on the first floor, 
and are reached from the great vesti- 
bule into which the main entrance door 
opens 

The East Room, originally intended for 



a ballroom, is the largest apartment in 
the house, and is of the Grecian style 
of architecture, richly ornamented. The 
ceilings are lofty and are divided into 
three panels highly decorated, and in the 
centre of each hangs a massive crystal 
chandelier. Numerous expensive mirrors 
supported by carved mantels are located 
at different parts of the room, and the 
furniture and hangings are m-ost elaborate. 
A full-length portrait of Washington by 
Gilbert Stuart, and one of Martha Wash- 
ington by E. F. Andrews, are hung in this 
room. Adjoining the East Room is the 
Green Room, so called from the color of 
its furniture. Following this is the Plue 
Room, which is furnished in blue and 
gold. The next room is the Red Room, 
furnished and used as a family parlor. 
The State Parlors and State Dining-Room 
are located on this floor. On the second 
floor are located the executive offices, 
President's reception room, library, etc. 
Open for visitors week days from 10 to 2. 



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State, War The State, War and Navy 
and INfavy Department building is lo- 
Department. cated on the corner of 
Pennsylvania Avenue and 
17th Street. In this building are the of- 
fices of the Secretary of State, Secretary of 
War and Secretary of the Navy. 

Navy. — The Navy Department occu- 
pies the eastern portion of the State, War 
and Navy building. It controls the fol- 
lowing? bureaus: tlie lUireau of Navisra- 



of battleships which are exhibited in the 
corridors. These models are of great in- 
terest and form a splendid object lesson 
in the evolution of warships from the 
early wooden frigates to tlie modern steel 
cruisers and turreted men-of-war which 
make up our navy of to-day. 

W^ar. — The War Department occupies 
the northern part of the building. The 
divisions of the department are the office 
of Secretary of War ; headquarters of the 




SIATE, WAR AND NAVY lUMLDI.NG. 



tion, which includes the Hydrographic 
Office and Naval Academy ; Bureau of 
Yards and Docks ; Bureau of Ordnance ; 
Bureau of Equipment ; Bureau of Con- 
struction and Repair ; Bureau of Steam 
Engineering ; Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery ; and Bureau of Supplies and Ac- 
counts. The offices of the commandant 
of the marine corps and judge advocate 
general also come under this department. 
The most interesting feature of the Navy 
Department to the visitor are the models 



Army ; Department of Adjutant-General ; 
Inspector-General ; Paymaster-General ; 
Corps of Engineers; Ordnance Depart- 
ment; Bureau of Military Justice; Signal 
Office; Bureau of War Records; Office of 
Quartermaster-General and Surgeon-Gen- 
eral. 

State. — The Department of State 
comprises the office of the Secretary of 
State ; the Diplomatic Bureau ; Consular 
Bureau; Bureau of Inde.xes and Archives; 
Bureau of Accounts ; Bureau of Statistics ; 



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Bureau of Rolls, and several minor di- 
visions. 

The rooms of the Secretary of State, 
the Diplomatic Corps anteroom and the 
reception room, which are elegantly fur- 
nished, are on the second floor. Many 
valuable documents, including the first 
draft of the Constitution, the Declaration 
of Independence, Washington's commis- 
sion as commander-in-chief of the army, 



laration, made in 1820, is, however, ex- 
hibited. The library contains a collec- 
tion of books of international law and 
diplomacy, and is used to serve as a refer- 
ence library for the departments. 

The Great Seal of the government is no 
longer submitted to public gaze, but the 
war sword of Washington, the sword of 
Jackson, Jefferson's writing desk, Frank- 
lin's staff and some decorations of his 




WHITE HOUSE FROM NAVY BUILDING. 



and a host of others pertaining to the 
Revolution, are kept in this department. 
An elegant library is located on the third 
floor. 

The original drafts of the Declaration 
of Independence and of the Constitution 
are not exhibited to the public, but are 
placed carefully away in a steel safe after 
having been hermetically sealed between 
plates of glass. A facsimile of the Dec- 



wearing apparel may be seen by those who 
wish. While the Foreign 
The Foreign Office is not a place of 
Office* special interest to the curi- 

ous, it is impressively in- 
teresting on account of its dignified and 
important position in the affairs of this 
nation with the other nations of the globe. 
Portraits of the past Secretaries of State 
adorn the walls of the Diplomatic Room. 



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National The National Library, or Li- 
Libraty. brary of Congress, occupies 
ten acres of land directly 
east of the Capitol. It is probably the 
most magnificent library building in the 
world and was built at a cost of $6,345,- 
567. It is four hundred and seventy 
feet long by three hundred and forty 



tiful and rich in color, and the decora- 
tions rank among the first in the world. 
The main reading-room or rotunda is 
topped with a huge copper-covered dome, 
which has been covered by a film of 
twenty-three-karat gold, rendering it very 
conspicuous. The library contains over 
one million books and pamphlets alone. 



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deep, and the outside walls are of granite. 
The principal entrance is on the west 
front, leading to the main floor by a 
grand staircase, in front of which is the 
famous bronze fountain of Neptune, the 
finest of its kind in this country. The 
interior decorations are marvellously beau- 



It is open every day, except Sunday, from 
9 A. M. to 10 p. M., and is especially 
attractive at night. It is the particular 
pride of American people, as it is the 
result of American talent, art and work- 
ivanship. The architects, painters and 
sculptors were all American citizens. 



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15 



Central This magnificent apartment six miniature marble figures by Martiny, 

Stair Hall, is said to be unsurpassed by representing in sculpture the various arts 

any other entrance hall in and sciences. The fioor is exquisitely 

the world. It is constructed throughout inlaid with colored marble, set in the 

of fine Italian marble exquisitely polished. centre of which is a brass rayed disk 

On the sides rise lofty columns of Corin- representing the sun, which is surrounded 

thian design. The grand double staircase by the signs of the zodiac. 




(;kand staikcask, naiional i.iukakv. 



of white marble is most imposing. The From the central stair hall may be 

newel posts are enriched by beautiful fes- reached the Senate and Representatives 

toons of leaves and flowers surmounted by reading-rooms. The Senate room is richly 

two bronze lamp bearers for electriclights. decorated in red and gold. The Repre- 

The staircases are ornamented with twenty- sentatives room contains mantels of Ital- 



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ian marble which are said to be the rich- 
est and most beautiful adornments of the 
building. The walls in this room are fin- 
ished in dark oak and green silk, and the 
ceilings are painted to represent the seven 
primary colors in a series of panels. 

The reading-room of the library, which 
is open to the public, is entered from the 
first floor. The visitors' gallery is on the 
second floor and is reached by the grand 



hundred and twenty-five feet in height. 
The pillars are forty feet high and the 
windows thirty-two feet wide. 

The National Library is more familiarly 
known as the "Congressional Library," 
but the latter name is misleading and un- 
official ; and the public at large are not 
generally aware that its valuable contents 
may be enjoyed by any one who so desires. 
Books may be drawn out only by members 




CORRIDOR SOUTH OF MAIN ENTRANCE, NATIONAL LIBRARY. 



stairway or by elevator. It is from this 
point of view that the magnitude and 
beauty of the great library can be ob- 
tained. The room is imposing in size 
and effective in artistic design, and the 
color scheme of marble walls, pillars, 
tiers of arches and balustrades, and the 
lofty dome with its stucco ornamentation, 
is grand beyond description. This room is 
one hundred feet in diameter and one 



of Congress, the President, Supreme Court, 
and privileged government ofticials, but 
any one wishing to consult the many thou- 
sands of volumes, magazines, newspapers, 
etc., contained therein, has the privilege 
of the great reading-room and the services 
of most courteous attendants. 

The cataloguing department is on the 
first floor, south side ; the newspaper 
room on first floor, in the south curtain ; 



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17 



and the copyright department in the base- 
ment on the south side. The reading- 
room for the blind is in the basement on 
the west side. In it are a large number 
of books printed in raised letters. 

It is intended that the several pavilions 
and galleries of the second floor be de- 
voted to exhibits of maps, engravings and 
other collections. 



Historical Library, Smithsonian Library 
and the Toner collection of Washing- 
toniana. The copyright system is a daily 
source of accession, as two copies of 
every copyrighted work must be depos- 
ited. This includes all books, periodicals, 
photographs, pamphlets, engravings, mu- 
sical compositions, newspapers, etc. 

The collection is exceeded in size onlv 




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Growth of The library was founded in 
Library. 1800 on an appropriation of 

$5,000 from Congress. In 
1S14 it suffered by fire at the hands of the 
British, at the time the Capitol was burned. 
Again many valuable works were destroyed 
by fire in 1S51, But notwithstanding dis- 
asters, its growth has been rapid. Many 
valuable collections have been acquired, 
notably Thomas Jefferson's library, I'orce 



by the National Library of I'rance and 
the IJritish Museum, and almost equals the 
libraries of St. I'etersburg, Munich, Berlin 
and Strasburg. Tiie i)resent structure, 
however, provides room for many years, 
and the splendid fireproof depositories 
render it unlikely to be visited by another 
such conflagration as that of 1S14, when a 
great portion of the archives of the young 
American republic was destroved. 




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E5-ACADEMY CF MUSIC . 



EDICAL MUSEUM 
-AGRICULTURAL DEPARTW 
-BALTIMORE* POTOMAC R 
-BOTANICAL GARDEN 



. SERVICE COMMISSION 
JT AND GEODETIC SURVEY 



-CORCORAN GALLERY 
-DUPONT CIRCLE . . 
-EXECUTIVE MANS10N- 



-FISH COMMISSK 
-FISH PONDS .. 



-GEOLOGICAL ' 



50-HOWARD UNIVE 
-IOWA CIRCLE . 



IS LYCEUM THEATRE . 



-LAFAYETTE SQ OPERA HOUSE 
-LINCOLN MUSEUM 
-LINCOLN PARK 
-MARINE BARRACKS 
-MARION PARK 
-MCPHERSON PARK 
-NATIONAL LIBRARY 

-NAVAL MUSEUM OF HYLilENE 
-NEW BIJOU THEATRE 
-NEW GRAND THEATRE 
-NEW NATIONAL THEATRE 
-PATENT OFFICE 
-PIACE MONUMENT 
-P£NSION OFFICE 
-POST OFFICE AND P DEPT 
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Treasury After the Treasury build- 

Department, ing was destroyed by fire 
in March, 1S33, it was pro- 
posed to locate the new building further 
down the tract on which the other build- 
ings had been erected, to enable the Capi- 
tol to be seen from the White House. 
The story goes that the architect delayed 
in selecting a site, which aroused the ire 
of General Jackson, who, on walking over 
the ground one morning, planted his cane 
in the northeastern corner and said, 
" Here, right here, I want the corner stone 
laid."' 

The building is situated east of the 
President's House, on the line of i^th 
Street. It is of the Grecian style of ar- 
chitecture, three stories high, over a rustic 
basement. There are over two hundred 
rooms in the building, and yet so fast has 
this department of the government grown 
that the building is crowded with em- 
ployees. The money vaults, made of mass- 
ive iron and steel, are located in the 
basement of the building. The building 
is open to the public from 9 a. m. to 2 



p. M., and Treasury tours are made between 
10.30 and 12, and i and 2. 



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The Coast 
and Geodetic 
Survey. 



The Coast Survey is also 
under the supervision of 
the Secretary of the 
Treasury. This depart- 
ment was established in 1S07, and has 
charge of the survey of the coast of the 
United States on the tide water. The 
standard weights and measures are fur- 
nished the different states from this de- 
partment. It is situated on New Jersey 
Avenue, just south of the Capitol. Open 
from 9 A. u. to 2 p. M. week days. 



Department The Department of Justice 
of Justice. now occupies rented quar- 
ters on K Street between 
Vermont Avenue and 15th Street. It is 
the office of the Attorney-General. The 
Court of Claims occupies the old Corcoran 
Art Gallery on the corner of Pennsylvania 
Avenue and 17th Street. 



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CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 



Cofcoran The Corcoran Art Gallery 

Gallery of is located on the corner of 
Art. New York Avenue and 17th 

Street, across from the Army 
and Navy building. It is open from 9.30 
A. M. to 4 p. M. on week days, and on 
Sunday afternoons from 1.30 to 4.30. 
Admission to the building is free on 
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays 
and holidays. On other days an admis- 
sion of twenty-five cents is charged. 

The Corcoran Art Gallery was presented 
to the people of the United States by Will- 
iam Wilson Corcoran in 1S69. ^^^^ ^^i- 
ginal gallery has been superseded by the 
magnificent structure of Georgia marble 
of exquisite purity and design. ihe 
building contains many canvases by the 
most famous artists and a fine collection 
of marbles, bronzes and works of art. 



Halls of the 
Ancients. 

York Avenue. 



The "Halls of the 
Ancients " is located at 
Nos. 1312 to 13 1 S New 
The name is applied to a 



permanent exhibition of ancient architec- 



ture and art. It is intended to perpetu- 
ate by reproduction, ancient civilizations. 
The art and architecture of the Egyptians, 
Assyrians, Greco-Romans and Saracens are 
well portrayed. 

An admission fee of fifty cents is 
charged, and the building is open from 9 
A. M. to 10 p. M. 



Pension The Pension Office is located 
Bureau, in the magniticent structure 
occupying the northern por- 
tion of Judiciary Square fronting on ¥ and 
G streets and 4th and 5th streets. The 
ground plan covers nearly two acres, and 
the cost of the building completed was 
$700,000. A frieze extending around the 
building at tiie level of tiie second storv 
is three feet high and twelve hundred feet 
long. It was executed in terra cotta and 
represents a ni;ucliing column about a 
quarter of a mile in length, showing the 
line and staff of the army in campaign. 
The inauguration balls arc hchl in tiiis 
building. It is open to the pulilic from 
9 A. M. to 4 1'. M. week days. 



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Department This department was cre- 
of the ated in i S49. It comprises 

Interiof* the Patent Ofifice, the Gen- 

eral Land Office, the Cen- 
sus Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
the Bureau of Education, the office of the 
Commissioner of Railroads and the office 
of the Geological Survey. The depart- 
ment is under the control of the Secretary 
of the Interior, who is a member of the 



Patent The buildings cover two blocks, 
Office, extending from 7th to 9th and F 
to G streets, N. W. There are 
several entrances to this building in the 
different fronts, that facing 8th Street 
being the principal one. The Patent 
Office library is located west of the 
main entrance and contains twenty thou- 
sand volumes relating to mechanical and 
useful arts. The Museum of Models con- 





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Cabinet. A general supervision of the 
capitol (through the office of the archi- 
tect), the Government Printing Office, 
the Government Hospital for the Insane, 
and the Columbia Institution for the Deaf 
and Dumb is had by this department. Of 
the several departments, that relating to 
patents is most widely knowr^. 



tains about four hundred thousand models 
of American and foreign inventions. Many 
historical relics formerly exhibited here 
are now to be found at the National Mu- 
seum. About six hundred thousand pa- 
tents have been issued for various inven- 
tions. It is open to the public from 9 a. m, 
to 2 p. M. week days. 



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The Government 
Printing Office. 



The Government 
Printing Office oc- 
cupies a large build- 
ing at the corner of North Capitol and H 
streets. I'his is said to be the most com- 
plete and largest establishment of its kind 
in the world. The official in charge of 
this department is appointed by the Presi- 
dent, and has the title of Public Printer. 
A vast amount of money is appropriated 



sons are employed in the various depart- 
ments. Open to visitors between lo a. m. 
and 1 I'. M. week days. 



Bureau of Phe Bureau of Engrav- 

Engraving and ing and Printing is a 
Printing. branch of the 'Preasury 

Department, and occu- 
pies a building on the Mall, corner of 




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HUREAU OK ENGRAVINO AND PRINTING. 



for the maintenance of this office, the 
sum reaching nearly $3,000,000 annually. 
A visit to the Government Printing Office 
is full of interest. A hundred printing 
presses in motion, typesetting, folding and 
binding, all excite wonder and admiration. 
The department reciuires the best service, 
and a fixed standard of work is main- 
tained to which all employees must con- 
form. About twenty-seven hundred per- 



14th and B streets, S. W., near the Wash- 
ington Monument. Open from 9 a. m. to 
2.30 p. i\i. week days. Visitors are re- 
quested to wait in the reception room 
until an attendant, of whom there are 
several, is ready to conduct a party over 
the building, showing the xarious pro- 
cesses in the manufacture of monev- 



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The The Smithsonian Institu- 

Smithsonian tion is a gift to the United 
Institution. States from an English gen- 
tleman named James Smith- 
son, who was a son of the Duke of North- 
umberland. Having never married, he 
devoted his life to science. He left a 
large fortune to his nephew for life, after 
which it was to go to the United States, 
" to found at Washington, under the name 



$70,000 a year in various scientific inves- 
tigations conducted by its large force of 
scientists. 



Army Medical The Army Medical 
Museum. Museum is located on 

the southeastern corner 
of 7th and B streets, on the Smithsonian 
grounds. It is of special interest princi- 




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of the Smithsonian Institution, an estab- 
lishment for the increase and diffusion of 
knowledge among men." The buildings 
are located between 7th and 12 th streets, 
in the Smithsonian grounds, which are laid 
out as a public park, with broad drives 
and footways, handsome lawns and groves 
of luxuriant trees. They are open 
from 9 A. i\i. to 4 v. M. week days and 
holidays. The institution expends about 



pally to the medical and surgical profes- 
sion. The museum illustrates the methods 
of military surgery, and diseases and cas- 
ualties of war ; the exhibits consisting of 
about twenty-Hve thousand specimens of 
injured flesh and bones, wax or plaster 
models, skeletons, etc. Open to visitors 
from 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. week days. 



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25 



The National In 1S79 an "annex to 
Museum. the Smithsonian Institu- 

tion was erected by the 
government and termed the National 
Museum." The building is directly east 
of the Smithsonian, and is open from 9 
A. M. to 4 p. M. week days and holidays. 

There are seventeen spacious exhibition 
halls within the building and one hundred 
and thirty-four rooms for other purposes. 



Lincoln The Lincoln Museum is main- 
Moseum. tained in the house No. 510 
10th Street, where the martyr 
President was carried from Ford's Theatre 
on the night of his assassination, April i.], 
1S65. 

A large collection of Lincoln relics is 
now displayed in the building. It is open 
all day, and an admission fee of twenty- 
five cents is charged. 









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NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



In it are personal relics of Washington 
and Grant, also relics of wars. In the 
rotunda are the Spanish rifles, side arms, 
bugles, flags, etc., trophies of the recent 
war with Spain, 

It is now the general depository of all 
geological and industrial collections of the 
government, and is rapidly becoming one 
of the greatest and most attractive muse- 
ums in the world. 



United States Are located near the 
Fish Ponds Washington Monument, 
about one half mile south 
of the White House. Different varieties of 
food and ornamental fish are propagated 
in large numbers ; over five hundred thou- 
sand young lish are distributed yearly. A 
large collection of acjuatic phints, includ- 
ing many varieties of nymph;\,'a, or water 
lily, will be found here. 



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The This monument, an obelisk 

Washington five hundred and fifty-five 
Monwrnent. feet high, which has been 
called the world's greatest 
cenotaph, is on the reservation south of 
the Treasury. The foundation of the shaft 



entirely white marble. Its inner surface 
is ornamented at intervals with memorial 
stones presented by the states and cities 
of the United States, by foreign countries 
and by associations of different kinds 
throughout the world. The various in- 




THF. WASHINGTON MONUMENT. 



is eighty feet square, and is set in solid 
rock thirty-six feet below the surface of 
the earth. The lower portion is con- 
structed of blue granite faced with large 
crystal marble, and the upper portion is 



scriptions and highly embellished designs 
on these stones, which are arranged so 
as to be plainly seen in ascending the 
monument, add much to the beauty and 
interest of this part of the structure. In 



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27 



addition to the stairway, in the centre of 
the shaft is an elevator. The interior is 
lighted by electricity. 

The corner stone was laid July 4, 1S4S. 
The funds were exhausted and work sus- 
pended before the Civil War culminated, 
but Congress having made an appropria- 
tion for the purpose, work was recom- 
menced and the shaft completed at a 
height of hve hundred and fifty-five feet 
on December 6, 1884. The capstone is a 
cuneiform keystone, five feet two and a 
half inches from base to top, and weighs 
three thousand three hundred pounds. 
The elevator is operated for visitors from 
9.30 A. M. to 4.30 p. M. 

The The Department of Ag- 

Department of riculture, just east of the 
Agriculture. Bureau of Engraving and 

Printing, between 12th 
and 14th streets, is open from 9 a. m. to 
4 p. M. This department was formerly 
under the Commissioners of Patents, but 
in 1SS9 was made an executive ofifice. It 
is principally devoted to scientific investi- 
gations of all classes of agriculture for the 
benefit of the people, also inspection of 
meat for export and import, special re- 
search into methods of irrigation, large 
chemical laboratories, including exhaustive 
microscopic w^ork. Over ^3,000,000 are 
expended annually in this work. The 
grounds surrounding the department are 
extensive and artistically laid out, many 
rare trees and flowers being on exhibition. 



Washington Washington Barracks, 
Barracks. commonly known as the 

Arsenal, is located at the 
foot of 4j4 Street and can be reached by 
either the 7th or 9th Street cars. It is 
now used as an artillery post. The 
grounds are particularly attractive and 
front directly on the Potomac River. 



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Navy The Navy Yard is located at 
Yard, the foot of 8th Street, S. K., on 
the Anacostia River, and is the 
terminus of the Pennsylvania Avenue 
street cars from Georgetown. It was 
established in 1804, and at one time many 
of the largest and finest United States 
warships were constructed in this yard. 
It is now principally given u]") to the 
manufacture of naval guns and ammuni- 
tion and to the storage of equipments. 
Many interesting types of ordnance are 
on exhibition. 



Marine The Marine Barracks are 
Barracks, located at the corner of 
Sth and G streets, S. E., 
occupying almost an entire block. The 
grounds, which are open all day, contain 
nothing of particular interest to the 
visitor, excepting the guard mount every 
morning at 9 o'clock and the formal in- 
spection on Mondays at 10 a. m. 



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The The Weather Bureau, on the 

Weather corner of 24th and M streets, 
Bureau. is a branch of this department. 
Here can be seen the different 
instruments for forecasting the weather. 
A special function of this bureau is the 
transmission of marine intelligence to all 
the seacoasts for the benefit of shipping. 



United States 'I'l^e Ignited States Naval 
Naval < >bservatory is located 

Observatory, north of Washington city 
on an extension of Massa- 
chusetts Avenue and is reached by elec- 
tric cars from Georgetown. Admission 
by card can be obtained to look tiirough 
the big telescope on I'hursday even- 
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Soldiefs^ The founding of the Soldiers' 
Home. Home was largely due to Gen- 
eral Winfield Scott. During 
the war with Mexico General Scott levied 
on the city of Mexico for ^300,000 pil- 
lage money. Of this amount there re- 



month on each private soldier of the reg- 
ular army. At present the fund has 
reached the sum of ^1,000,000, and the 
government holds nearly an equal amount, 
derived from forfeitures of pay of deserters 
from the army and from money due de- 




SOLDIERS HOME. 



mained in the Treasury ^118,791, which 
Congress afterward appropriated to aid 
in the establishment of the home. This 



ceased soldiers which has remained un- 
claimed. 

The main building, a white marble one, 



sum was augmented by fines, forfeitures has a frontage of two hundred feet. The 
and stoppages against soldiers, and a tax building is of the Norman style and is 
of twenty-five cents (now twelve cents) a two stories high. A bronze statue of 



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General Scott, by Launt Thompson, 
erected in 1874 at a cost of $iS,ooo, is 
located on the brow of a hill about a 
quarter of a mile from the main building. 
The grounds contain over rive hundred 
acres of beautifully diversified hill and 
dale, and are covered with about seven 
miles of well-kept roads. 

Just to the rear of the Soldiers' Home 
is the National Military Cemetery. It 
contains the bodies of rive thousand five 
hundred Union and two hundred and 
seventy-one Confederate dead. Near by 
is the Rock Creek Cemetery, with its 
quaint old church, built in i 719 of bricks 
imported from England. Many beautiful 
examples of the sculptor's art can be seen 
here, of especial beauty being "Grief," by 
Augustus St. Gaudens, and " Memory," by 
Partridge. 

Reached by 7 th and 9th Street cars. 



Arlington, Arlington, the location of 
the National Military Ceme- 
tery, is situated on the Virginia shore of 
the Potomac, about four miles from Wash- 
ington. It was originally the property of 
Martha Custis Washington, the wife of 
General Washington, and was eventually 
inherited by the wife of General Robert 
E. Lee, who resided at Arlington until the 
beginning of the late war. 

On account of a failure to pay the direct 
tax levied by the government in 1S62, 
the United States took possession of the 
property, and on the suggestion of Mr. 
Lincoln part of the estate was made a 
military cemetery. 

A suit was brought by a member of the 
Lee family after the war for the recovery 
of the property, in which the government 
was defeated. It was finally purchased 
by the government from George Washing- 
ton Curtis Lee for $150,000. Arlington 
now contains the graves of eleven thousand 
nine hundred and fifteen Union soldiers. 



The cemetery is accessible by electric cars 
via Georgetown, crossing tlic Acjueducl 
Bridge, or from i^'i Street and Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue, via Long Bridge. It is 
open from sunrise to sunset, including 
Sundavs and holidavs. 



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Georgetown. Georgetown, or West 
Washington, as it has been 
called since 1 8S0, is separated from Wash- 
ington by Rock Creek. It is pictur- 
esquely located, and many fine views may 
be had from the Heights. .Among the 
principal features of interest are George- 
town Heights, where many beautiful 
residences may be found. Oak Hill Ceme- 
tery, the Convent of the Visitation, the 
Linthicum Institute, the Peabody Library, 
the Home for Aged Women, and the 
Georgetown College, or College of the 
Jesuits. Georgetown may be reached by 
the Metropolitan line of street cars, E 
Street, and by the Washington and 
Georgetown Pennsylvania Avenue cars. 



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Columbia Is situated on Ken- 

Institution for the dall (heen, at the 
Deaf and Dumb end of 7th Street, E. 
This institution, now 
supported by Congress, received its first 
start by a gift of a few acres of ground 
and a small building from Amos Kendall, 
Postmaster-General in General Jackson's 
Ca])inct. It was incorporated in 18^7, at 
which time Congress assumed its support. 
In 1870 the board secured eighty-two acres 
of Kendall Green property for the insti- 
tution, which now has real estate valued 
at $350,000. A collegiate department, 
called the National Deaf Mute College, 
open to both sexes, is part of the institu- 
tion. It is reached by cars on H Street 
and is open to the public on Thursdays 
between 9 and 3. 



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The Botanical The National Botanical 
Garden. Garden adjoins the Capi- 

tol grounds, extending 
from I St to 3d streets, W., and between 
Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues. 
The rarest and most beautiful plants have 
been gathered here from all parts of the 
world, and it compares with any of the 
famous gardens in FAirope. Within the 



United States In 1S71 Congress created 
Fish the United States Fish 

Commission. Commission, to investi- 
gate the causes of the de- 
crease in our marine food fishes. Such 
rapid progress has been made in this de- 
partment of the government that the 
United States leads the world in fish cul- 
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enclosure of ten acres are small houses for 
the growing of plants, and a grand con- 
servatory, three hundred feet in length, 
with a huge dome, filled with choice floral 
productions. The famous Bartholdi 
fountain is north of the large conserva- 
tory. Open week days from 9 a. m. to 
4 p. M. 



mission is the old arsenal on the corner 
of 6th and E streets, S. W'., and is well 
worth a visit. The basement contains 
various aquaria of marine plants and 
animals, both rare and common. The 
apparatus used in various forms of fish- 
hatching are also on exhibition. Open 
from 9 to 4 week days. 



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Zoologfical The Zoological Garden 
Park. is open all day, includ- 

ing Sunday, and no ad- 
mittance fee is charged. It is reached 
by the 14th Street cars, with trans- 
fer to the Chevy Chase line. The 
grounds cover about one hundred 
and sixty-seven acres, and it is the 
intention of the government to 
make it not only a pleasure ground, 
but an experiment station as well, 
where there might be bred and 
maintained, representatives of many 
American animals threatened with 
possible extinction. 



Alexandria. Alexandria, back in 
the seventeen-forties 
known as Bellhaven, lies about six 
miles south of Washington on the 
Potomac. The town in its early 
career was an important port and 
seemed destined to rival Baltimore 
as a commercial centre. It 
contains much of historical 
interest. Braddock's expe- 
dition started from here, and 
during the war of 1S13 it 
fell into the hands of the 
British and was held by 
them for some time. The 
old Christ Church, which 
Washington and his family 
regularly attended, is still in 
a state of excellent preservation, and liis 
])e\v is proudly pointed out to the visitor. 
The obliging sexton is generally on hand 
on week days from 9 until 5. A national 
cemetery containing the graves of three 
thousand six hundred and thirty-five 
soldiers is located on the outskirts of the 
town. It is reached by electric cars from 
13/2 Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 
and by ferryboats from wharf foot of 7th 
Street. 




A CITY OK MONUMF.NTS. 



Monuments, ^^'ashington is dotted \\iih 
beautiful ninnunients in 
every direction. The most interesting 
are those of Washington, in Washington 
Circle; General George H. Thomas, in 
Thomas Circle ; I)upont,in Dupont Circle; 
Farragut, in l-'arragut Square ; Lincoln in 
front of Court House, on 1) Street; dar- 
tield, at Capitol; Hancock, on Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue; Benjamin Franklin on 
Pennsylvania Avenue, lotli ami I ) streets. 



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Post-Office The Post-Office Depart- 
Department. ment and City Post Office 
occupy a magnificent new 
building on the south side of Pennsylvania 
Avenue between iith and 12th streets. 
This building was finished in 1S99, and 
constructed at a cost of ^3,325,000. It is 
the newest of the government buildings 
and is modern in every detail. The upper 
stories are used by the offices of the 
Postmaster-General. The building is open 
to the public from 9 until 2 on week 
days only, the principal point of interest 
being the museum of the Dead-letter 
Office. 



Cabin John A beautiful structure across 
Bridge. Cabin John Run, about 

seven miles from George- 
town. It is the terminus of one of the 
most enjoyable suburban rides about 
Washington. 



Fort Myer. Established during the Civil 
War, then known as Fort 
Whipple. It commands a beautiful view 
of the Potomac River, and should be vis- 
ited in connection with Arlington. It is 
the principal defence of Washington city. 




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MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON'S HOME. 



Mount Mount Vernon, the home of 
Vernon. George Washington, is situated 
on the western bank of the 
Potomac, about sixteen miles from the 
iUustrious city which bears his name. 

In iS^6 the Mount Vernon Ladies' 
Association of the Union was incorporated 
for the purpose of securing the mansion 
and contiguous grounds of Mount Vernon. 



Their object is to maintain the mansion 
and grounds as far as possible in their 
original condition. Numerous relics and 
other remembrances of Washington will 
be found within the building, which stands 
near the brow of a sloping hill about one 
hundred and twenty-five feet above the 
river. The adjacent grounds are beauti- 
fuUv wooded with choice shade trees 




TOMB OF WASHiNe;TON. 



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planted by Washington when a young 
man. 

The estate originally contained eight 
thousand acres, but after the death of 
Washington numerous tracts were sold by 
his heirs from time to time, until now all 
that remains is the present farm contain- 
ing two hundred acres. 

Many personal relics of George and 
Martha Washington are preserved in the 
mansion. All original articles of furni- 
ture are distinctly labelled, so they can be 
readily distinguished from others which 
have been added to replace the furnish- 
ings which have become lost. 

Three of Washington's dress swords 
are on exhibition in the Central Hall, 
where also is the main key of the Bastile, 
presented to Washington by Lafayette. 
The music room contains the harpsichord 
given to Nellie Custis by Washington ; 
Miss Custis's embroidery frame ; Wash- 
ington's flute and spectacles. 

The west parlor contains a large rug 
presented to Washington by Louis XVL 
The dining-room contains the original fam- 
ily sideboard, with decanter and glasses. 
The most solemn and interesting room 
to all is the death chamber. The bed is 
the same upon which Washington died, 
and in the same place. The simplicity of 
the room and its furnishings impresses 
the visitor. 

Tiie tomb of Washington is located on 
the road leading from the river landing 
and consists of a large vault extending 
into a bank in a thickly wooded dell. It 



is built of brick with iron gratings, through 
which can be seen within, a massive marble 
sarcophagus containing the remains of 
Washington. 

Mount Vernon can be reached by elec- 
tric cars from the corner of 13^^ Street 
and Pennsylvania Avenue, which leave 
every hour, or by steamer from foot of 
7th Street. Round trip via either route 
is fifty cents ; admission to grounds, 
twenty-five cents. It is open for visitors 
on week days only between 1 1 a. m. and 
4 p. M. 



Bladensburgf. Bladensburg is located 
near Hyattsville, on the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, six miles from 
Washington. It received its name from 
Martin Bladen, a Lord Commissioner of 
Trade and Plantation. The town is an 
old one (17=50), and previous to the Revo- 
lutionary War was of considerable impor- 
tance. The Anacostia River, upon which 
it is situated, was once navigable to the 
town. Bladensburg has a place in history 
as the field of the disastrous battle that 
took place there August 2^, iSiz|, from 
which victory the British marched into 
Washington. The celebrated duelling 
ground is about one mile southeast of the 
town. It was the site of many bloody 
contests ; among the most deplorable was 
that between Commodores Decatur and 
Barron in 1S20, in which Decatur was 
mortally wounded. 



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*" Ohio Railroad otters 

most excellent facilities. 

Between NEW YORK, PHILADEL- 
PHIA, BALTIMORE and WASHING- 
TON the fast trains of the ROYAL 
BLUE LINE run almost hourly. 
These trains form the finest and fastest 
series of passenger trains in America. 
There are ten in each direction, live of 
which make the distance between New 
York and Washington in five hours. 

The famous "ROYAL LIMITED" is 
part of the series. It is the hnest daylight 
train in the world, composed of elegant 
coaches, Pullman parlor and observation 
buffet cars, and dining and cafe cars. 
Although the service is unexcelled, there 
is no excess fare charged on the " Royal 
Limited." 

Between BALTIMORE and WASH- 
INGTON there are twenty-seven trains 
in each direction, eight of which make 
the remarkably fast time of forty-five 
minutes. 

Between ST. LOUIS, LOUISVILLE, 
CINCINNATI and NEW YORK via 
WASHINGTON there are three fast 
trains daily in each direction, si)lendidly 
equipped with Pullman drawing-room 



sleeping cars, observation cars and dining 
cars. 

Between CHICAGO and NEW YORK 
via WASHINGTON there are two fast 




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trains daily each way — one route is via 
Pittsburg with through Pullman drawing- 
room sleeping car, Pullman observation 
car and dining car ; the other via Newark, 
Ohio, with Pullman drawing-room sleep- 
ing cars and dining car. 

IV/e Baltimore &= Ohio Railroad is the 
only line between Chicago, Pittsburg a?id 
Washington running solid 7'estiluiled trains 
of coaches and sleepers. 

Between PITTSBURG and WASH- 
INGTON there are three fast trains ele- 
gantly equipped with Pullman drawing- 
room sleeping cars and observation parlor 
cars. 

Between CLEVELAND and PHILA- 
DELPHIA via WASHINGTON through 
Pullman parlor cars run daily through 
Pittsburg. 

Between COLUMBUS andWASHING- 





OHSERVATION CAR. 



DINING CAR. 

TON through Pullman sleeping cars are 
run daily via Newark and Grafton. 

Between WHEELING and WASHING- 
TON through Pullman sleeping cars and 
parlor cars are run via Grafton. 



Stop-Over In the trade-mark of the Bal- 
Privileges. timore & Ohio Railroad are 
the words, " All trains via 
Washington with stop-over privilege." 
Its meaning is literal. All through trains 
east and west pass through Washington, 
and a stop-over privilege of ten days is 
allowed on first class tickets under the con- 
ditions which are printed on slip accom- 
panying- ticket. The stop-over privilege 
of ten days is also allowed at Baltimore and 
Philadelphia under similar conditions. 



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harper's ferry, w. va. 

The Historic Not only is the service 

and Scenic Line, excellent, and the re- 
constructed railroad in 
magnificent condition, equal to any rail- 
road in the world, but the route is also 
the most historic and scenic of this 
country. 

Kn route from St. Louis, Louisville, 
Cincinnati and the West, trains pass 
through the beautiful Miami Valley in 
Ohio, crossing the Ohio River at Parkers- 
burg, and climb the western slope of the 
Alleghenies at Grafton along the Cheat 
River Valley, which is rich in magnificent 
scenery. The route from Chicago, Co- 
lumbus and Wheeling, through Central 
Ohio, is also via Graf- 
ton. 

The Alleghenies are 
crossed on the nine-mile 
plateau, known as the 
"(blades," where the 
famous summer resorts 
of Oakland, Mountain 
Lake i'ark and Deer 
Park are located. The 
eastern slope is descended 
via Piedmont to Cumber- 
land. 

From Chicago, San- 
dusky, Cleveland and 
Akron, via Pittsburg, the 



route over the mountains 
presents an entirely dif- 
ferent view, and is rich in 
scenic charms, particu- 
larly remarkable among 
which are Indian Creek, 
Ohio Pyle, and the Wills 
Creek Valley en route 
to Cumberland. This 
is the route traversed by 
Washington and Brad- 
dock in their campaign 
against the French and 
Indians in 17=^3. 

I'he lines of the Balti- 
more (S; Ohio from the 
Northwest and the West join at Cumber- 
land ; and the route to the East is along 
the beautiful Potomac River for over 
a hundred miles through Martinsburg to 
Harper's Ferry. 

Harper's Ferry has its own individuality 
in scenery and history, perhaps more con- 
spicuous than any other town in the Cnited 
States. It is here the Potomac and Shen- 
andoah rivers meet, and the three great 
mountain tops form the gateway to the 
Allegheny Mountains on the eastern slope. 
It was the arena in which John Brown 
and his fanatical followers fought his last 
fight to a finish. 




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INDIAN CREEK, PA. 



Baltimore & Ohio 
Electric Vehicle 
Service, Washington, 
Philadelphia and 
New York. 



Electric vehicles 
will be in attend- 
ance upon all 
trains of the Bal- 
timore & Ohio 
Railroad at sta- 
tions, New Jersey Avenue and C Street, 
Washington; 2_|th and Chestnut streets, 
Philadelphia; and Liberty Street Ferry, 
New York. 

AT WASHINGTON they will deliver 
passengers and baggage to and from sta- 
tion and points in the city, in the terri- 
tory described below, under the following 
schedule of rates. 

From the northwest corner of 20th and 
S streets east to Florida Avenue, southeast 
to iith Street, south to E Street, west to 
13th Street, north to I) Street, west to 
14th Street, north to B Street, northwest 
on a line corresponding with Virginia 
Avenue to 20th Street, thence north to 
place of beginning. 

From Baltimore tV' Ohio station 
Rates, to hotel or residence, in Wash- 
ington or vice versa, in above 
described district, the fare for each pas- 
senger, including ordinary hand baggage, 
is lifty cents. 

l-'or each additional half mile or less 



beyond said boundaries, 
per passenger, twenty-five 
cents. For each stop en 
route, not exceeding fif- 
teen minutes each, per 
stop, twenty-five cents. 
For each trunk, twenty- 
five cents. Rates will be 
the same from hotel or 
residence to the station. 

Ordinary trunks will be 
called for, from first floor 
only, or will be delivered 
to first floor only. Service 
at any hour of day or 
night. 

Passengers desiring any 
special class of vehicle 
will please notify conductor of train prior 
to arrival at Washington Junction, when 
on trains from the West ; and prior to 
arrival at Baltimore, when on trains from 
the East. 



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churches Located in Washington and Immediate 

Vicinity. 

BAPTIST. 

Calvary, Sth Street, corner of H, X. W. 

E Street, E, near 6th, N. W. 

Fifth, D Street, near 4.}, S. W. 

First, 1 6th Street, corner of O, N. W. 

Gay Street, of Georgetown, 31st Street, corner of N, \. W. 

German Baptist Brethren, 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, S. E. 

Grace, South Carolina Avenue, between 9th and D streets, S. E. 

Kendall Branch, 9th Street, below B, S. W. 

Maryland Avenue, Maryland Avenue, corner of 14th Street, X. E. 

Metropolitan, A Street, corner of 6th, X'^. E. 

Second, Virginia Avenue and 4th Street, S. E. 

CATHOLIC. 

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sth Street, corner of X', X. W. 

Holy Name of Jesus, nth and K streets, N. E. 

Holy Trinity, 36th and O streets, N. W. 

Sacred Heart, 13th, corner of Whitney, N. W. 

St. Aloysius, X''. Capitol and I streets, X^. W. 

St. Dominick's, 6th and E streets, S. W. 

St. Joseph's, 2d and C streets, X\ E. 

St. Mary, Mother of God (German), 5th Street, near H, N. W. 

St. Matthew's, H Street, corner of 15th, N. W. 

St. Patrick's, loth Street, near F, N. W. 

St. Paul's, 15th and V streets, N. W. 

St. Peter's, 2d and C streets, S. E. 

St. Stephen's, Pennsylvania Avenue and 25th Street, N. W. 

CHRISTADELPHIA NS. 

Washington Ecclesia, Sth, near F, N. E. 

CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST. 

First Church, 1007 G Street, X^. W. 
Reform, 431 nth Street, N. W. 
Second Church, 1213 12th Street, N. W. 

CONQREOA TIONAL. 

Fifth, 80 I Street, N. E. 

Urst, loth and G streets, N. W. 

Mt. Pleasant, Howard Avenue, between 14th and i6th streets. 

University Park Temple, 6th and Trumbull, N. W. 

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. 

H Street Church of Christ. 

Ninth Street Christian, 9th Street, corner of D, N. E. 

Vermont Avenue Christian, Vermont Avenue, near N Street, X^. W. 

EPISCOPAL. 

Christ, G Street, between 6th and 7th, S. ]•",. 

Christ, O Street, corner of 31st, N. W. 

Church of the Advent, U Street, corner of 2d, N. W. 

Church of the Ascension, Massachusetts Avenue and 12th Street, X. W. 

Church of the Epiphany, G Street, near 13th, N. W. 

Church of the Incarnation, 12th and N streets, N. W. 

Epiphany Chapel, I2lh and C streets, S. W. 

Grace, 1029 32d Street, N. W. 

Grace, D and 9th streets, S. W. 

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EPISCOPAL — Continued. 

Holy Cross, Oregon Avenue, N. W. 

St. Andrew's, 14th Street, corner of Corcoran, N. W. 

St. Andrew's Chapel, Massachusetts Avenue, corner of iSth Street. N. W. 

St. James', 8th Street, near Massachusetts Avenue, N. E. 

St. John's, 1 6th and II streets, N. W. 

St. John's, O Street, corner of Potomac Avenue, N. W. 

St. Margaret's, Connecticut Avenue, N. W., above S. 

St. Mark's, A and 3d streets, S. E. 

St. Matthew's Chapel, Half Street, corner of M, S. E. 

St. Michael and All Angels, 22d Street, corner of Virginia Avenue, N. W. 

St. Paul's, 23d .Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and I Street, N. W. 

St. Paul's Rock Creek, Rock Creek Church Road, near Soldiers' Home. 

St. Stephen's, 14th Street and Kenesaw Avenue, N. \V. 

St. Thomas, i8th Street, corner of Madison, N. W. 

Trinity, 3d Street, corner of C, N. W. 

FRIENDS. 

P^iends' Meeting, orthodox, ist and C streets, N. E. 
Friends' Meeting House, 1811 I Street, N. W. 

HEBREW. 

Adas Israel, orthodo.x, corner of 6th and G streets, N. W. 

Washington Hebrew Congregation, Sth Street, between H and I, N. W. 

LUTHERAN. 

Christ, New Jersey Avenue, corner of Morgan Street, N. W. 

Church of Our Redeemer, Sth Street, above Florida Avenue, N. W. 

Church of the Reformation, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 2d Street, S. E. 

Concordia, 20th Street, corner of G, N. W. 

Evangelical, 32d Street, corner of Q, N. W. 

First Reformed, 6th Street, corner of N, N. \V. 

Grace, 13th and Corcoran streets, N. W. 

Keller Memorial, 9th Street and Maryland Avenue, N. E. 

Luther Place Memorial, 14th Street, corner of Vermont Avenue, N. W. 

St. Johannis (German Evangelical), 320 4^ Street, S. W. 

St. Mark's, 12th and C streets, S. W. 

St. Matthew's, Sth Street, between F and G, S. E. 

St. Paul's (English), nth Street, corner of H, N. W. 

Trinity, 4th Street, corner of E, N. W. 

Zion, 6th and P streets, N. W. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 

Anacostia, Jackson Street, corner of Pierce, Anacostia. 

Calvary, 35th Street, corner of T, N. W. 

Congress Street, 31st Street, between M and N, N. W. 

Douglas Memorial, nth and H streets, N. E. 

Dumbarton Avenue, 3133 Dumbarton Avenue, N. W. 

fifteenth Street, 15th and R streets, N. W. 

Fletcher Chapel, 4th Street and New York Avenue, N. W. 

Foundry, G and 14th streets, N. W. 

Gorsuch, 4 J and L streets, S. W. 

Grace, 9th and S streets, N. W. 

Hamline, 9th and P streets, N. W. 

Ilamline Mission, 214 R Street, N. W. 

K Street Mission, 1341 K Street. 

McKendree, Massachusetts Avenue, near 9th, N. W. 

Metropolitan Memorial, 4J and C streets, N. W. 

North Capitol, K Street, corner of N. Capitol. 

Ryland, D Street, corner of loth, S. W . 



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METHODIST EPISCOPAL — Conimued. 
St. Paul's, 15th and R, N. W. 
Trinity, 5th Street, corner of C, S. E. 
Twelfth Street, 12th and E streets, S. E. 
Union, 20th Street, near Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 
Waugh Chapel, 3d and A streets, N. E. 
Wesley Chapel, 5th and V streets, N. W. 
Wilson Memorial, Independent, nth Street, between G and I, S. E, 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH. 

Ep worth, 7th and A streets, N. E. 

Marvin Chapel, loth and B streets, S. W. 

Mt. Olivet, 7th Street, near C, S. W. 

Mt. Vernon Place, 9th Street, corner of K, N. W. 

West Washington, 33d Street, near Q, N. W. 

METHODIST PROTESTANT. 

Central, 12th Street, corner of M, N. W. 

Church of God, K Street, between 13th and 14th, S. E. 

Congress Street, 1238 31st Street, N. W. 

First, 4th Street, between E and G, S. E. 

Mt. Tabor, 35th Street, N. W. 

North Carolina Avenue, North Carolina Avenue and B street, S. E. 

St. John's, 3d Street, near K, S. W. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

Assembly's, 5th and I streets, N. W. 

Bethany Chapel (Branch of New York Avenue Church), 13th and C streets, N. W. 

Central, I Street, corner of 3d, N. W. 

Church of the Covenant, Connecticut Avenue and iSth Street, N. W. 

Eastern, 6th Street, corner of Maryland Avenue, N. E. 

Eckington, N. Capitol and Q streets. 

Faith Chapel (Branch of New York Avenue Church), M Street, between 4^ and 6th, S. W. 

First, 4^ Street, corner of C and D, N. W. 

Fourth, 13th Street, corner of Yale, N. W. 

Garden Memorial, Minnesota Avenue, S. E., Anacostia. 

Gunton Temple Memorial, 14th Street, corner of K, N. W. 

Gurley Memorial, Florida Avenue, between 6th and 7th streets, N. W. 

Immanuel, 718 9th, N. E. 

Metropolitan, 4th Street, corner of B, S. E. 

New York Avenue, New York Avenue, between 13th and 14th streets, N. W. 

North, N Street, between 9th and loth, N. W. 

Peck Memorial Chapel, 28th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 

Sixth, 6th Street, corner of C, S. W. 

Western, H Street, near 19th, N. W. 

Westminster, 7th Street, near D, S. W. 

West Street, P Street, near 31st, N. W. 

REFORMED. 

First Reformed Trinity, 6th Street, corner of N, N. W. 

Grace (Reformed Church in the United States), 15th and P streets, N. W. 

SWEDENBOROIAN. 

Church of the New Jerusalem, i6th Street, corner of Corcoran, N. W. 

UNITARIAN. 

All Souls', 14th and L streets, N. W. 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 

Memorial, N. Capitol Street, corner of R 

UNIVERSALIST. 

Church of Our Father, 13th Street, corner of L, N. W. 




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